Miss Rosen
The woman who defined 80s Hip Hop photography
A new exhibition brings together Janette Beckman’s visionary and boundary pushing images of an era of cultural change and moral panic.
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A Vibrant Portrait of Afropunk in South African Townships Today
Karabo Mooki lifts the lid on Soweto’s countercultural scene, which offers a much-needed antidote to the systemic racism that endures in South Africa.
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On the Road with the Free Photographic Omnibus around 1970s Britain
Photographer Daniel Meadows took off around the UK in an old bus to capture a unique portrait of a changing nation.
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At the Demolition Derby and County Fair in Upstate New York
Over the last two decades, photographer team Guzman have attended the fair with cameras in hand to crafting a portrait of community.
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The exquisite joy of finding comfort in your skin
New photo book The Book of Skin: Shangri-La explores the relationship between the body and the earth, the part and the whole, in a voluptuous embrace of the spirit made flesh.
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Derek Ridgers’ seminal street portraits of 80s London youth
A new book brings together a collection of the photographers never-before-seen photographs of punks, skinheads, New Romantics, goths, ravers, and fetishists at the height of Thatcherite Britain.
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Documenting Gay power and Pride in 1980s America
New photo book ‘Castro to Christopher: Gay Streets of America 1979–1986’ is an epic story of creativity, community, strength, joy, and resistance on two coasts.
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Revisiting Casa Susanna, the legendary Trans refuge in pre-Stonewall America
A new book explores the story of the private oasis for self-identified heterosexual men and their wives seeking space to explore gender variance at a time when homosexuality and crossdressing were treated as crimes and mental illnesses.
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The photographer tracing the history of New York’s slave trade
Nona Faustine embarked on a journey into the past, traveling across New York City’s five boroughs and Long Island between 2012–2021 to create the new exhibition and monograph ‘White Shoes.’
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An unconventional portrait of queer motherhood
In new book, ‘This Train’ photographer Justine Kurland documents her life on the road with her young son amongst brutal histories inscribed in the earth.
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Chronicling Mexican womanhood through portrait photography
A new photobook offers an expansive look at the iconography and expression of the female experience in the Latin American nation.
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Joel Sternfeld’s landmark portrait of American pathos & dreams
A new edition of the iconic photographer’s seminal photobook American Prospects captures late empire like no other.
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